Bryan Danielson left AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door as a winner, but he seemingly suffered an injury that will sideline him for a few weeks.
During the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door media scrum, Danielson was asked about his apparent injury and the infrequency of his matches between AEW Revolution and Forbidden Door. Danielson responded by noting that the trainers thought he suffered a fractured forearm during the bout.
“I was planning on wrestling on Wednesday this week,” Danielson said. “I don’t think that’s gonna happen because in this match specifically, we think I fractured my right forearm, with about ten minutes left to go. So yeah. But talking to our doctors, and I love the AEW medical staff and trainers, they think it’s gonna be six to eight weeks for this specific injury. The stuff after Revolution, after the Iron Man match with Max, I had a torn labrum and then some compressed vertebrae and all that kind of stuff.
“It’s normal wrestler stuff. I’m fine, but we just thought from a precautionary measure. That’s one of the things that I love. I love our medical staff. We have an incredible training staff, and I try to follow their direction.”
Danielson also described how he felt like he hurt his arm during his match against Okada, and he did not regret his decision to keep going.
“Sometimes when you do things that are really hard, you feel more accomplished doing them,” Danielson said. “For example, I pretty much knew I had fractured my forearm, and you can stop, or you can go. Some of my favorite moments in my career are times when I’ve chosen to go, and tonight, I chose to go, and I don’t regret it at all.”
When asked to describe when the injury occurred, Danielson stated that it happened when he didn’t have his elbow in a safe place when Okada hit an elbow drop, as it was a freak accident.
Update: Danielson’s wife, Brie Garcia (Bella) shared the following update on Instagram. Brie confirmed the fracture and said it was “definitely worse than we thought!”
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